It was a big room filled with operation and laboratory utensils splattered all over the several tables: microscopes, petri dishes, scalpels, scissors and test tubes. Surrounding it, were glass cylinders and capsules with monsters drowning in mako.

"The clones 2.0 are complete, Miss."

"Good, go with one on a walk and play with our friends, yes?" Sveta replied.

Cid and Barret went to Gongaga to retrieve Titan. The village was as small as ever, but the people were doing far better than they used to. On the outskirts of the village was a burned-out old mako reactor. It had exploded several years ago, killing most of the residents. But that reactor held something precious, secretly. When the Turks were still working for ShinRa, they tried to take that back on Scarlet's orders but couldn't get near it as mako radiations still lingered. Though now, the air was clear allowing them to go back there and take the Summon.

They grabbed it and got out of town without much of a hassle.

"Hey, wasn't this... Too easy?" Cid thought aloud.

"Yeah, there's even a frikin' big-ass dragon behind the ship and all." Barret said not actually realizing what he had just reported.

"Ye- Wait, WHAT?!"

"Well, fuck."

As they got close to the dragon, they saw a man in a dark suit beside it. Was it a Turk? No. What would a Turk be doing in such a place with a dragon?

"Wait a sec. Is that a face in its chest? A clone?!" Cid detected.

"And that one has its eyes open!"

At that moment, the dark-suited man turned around facing the two.

"Oh, welcome back. We were waiting for you." The man stated.

"Who in the hell are ya?"

"Me? I'm a nobody. I'm only here to show you the new line of clones. Aren't they gorgeous?"

The monster let out a murderous growl.

After the man petted the dragon, he commanded it to attack, laughing hysterically.

The monster started by casting Dragon Force on itself, increasing its defense and magic defense. Next, it opened its wings widely and flapped them creating a powerful gust of wind. Cid and Barret were taken away by the current, spinning around the tornado's core.

After it dissipated, they fell harshly on the ground. Barret picked himself up, aiming at the monster with his gun-arm. The bullets weren't powerful enough and thus, they rebounded as soon as they hit its scales.

The dragon roared one more time before attacking with its tail. As a result of the tornado, earlier, they still hadn't regained their balance and were unable to dodge the tail thrust, getting knocked out onto the ground, for the second time.

"Damn, this thing... Is powerful..." Barret staggered while trying to bring his body up.

"If it doesn't go... Down with normal attacks, bring it down... With magic!" Cid assumed.

Cissnei woke up and left her room to take a shower. Outside, Genesis was sleeping near a window in the hallway. How adorable, he fell asleep here, she thought. She walked up to him, and took a peek of his sleeping face.

Genesis woke up abruptly startling the girl.

"Huh, I- didn't mean to stare at you, sorry." She gestured with her hands.

"It's okay. Don't worry."

"Were you... Having a good dream, perhaps?

"A good dream?"

"Yeah, you looked really happy while sleeping." Cissnei giggled as she walked away to take her shower.

Cid shrugged off the dizziness and the pain and started casting a spell. While he was at it, Barret searched his bag for a more powerful gun he could attach to his arm. Then, he found his Enemy Launcher. Perfect!

On top of the dragon, appeared sharp ice blocks but it absorbed them right away.

"What? It has Ice element? Well then, let's counter it with fire!"

After Cid started casting again, Barret had finally attached his new weapon and prepared for attack. Nine small rocket shells came out of it in direction of their foe. But the dragon opened its mouth and a small light showed up inside it, succeeding in a beam like laser. The two men jumped to opposite sides. Cid was able to dodge it successfully, but Barret's leg got caught on the beam and froze. And so did the shells.

Cid's Firaga came to and three fireballs hit the dragon's belly. It did damage the monster, but it wasn't particularly effective.

"Shit! Does this thing have no weaknesses?!" He shouted.

"Hey, hurl a small fireball towards my leg. Imma gonna try something."

Cid did as his partner told him to. The ice blocking Barret's leg started melting. He got up on his feet and started running from one end to another while launching the rocket shells and casting stop on them, afterwards.

"Cid, distract that dragon, somehow."

He placed himself in front of the beast, taunting it. The monster gave in to the taunt and hurled its head against the man. Cid placed his Dragon Lance (his weapon being named after a dragon was purely coincidental) sideways, blocking the dragon's move. His feet scratched the floor a few meters backwards.

At the same time, Barret cast poison on his stopped shells and gave Cid his command to move out of the way. The rockets started moving again, directed towards the dragon, piercing its scales and heavily poisoning it.

"How in the hell did ya think of that?"

"I've been learning some tactics for these last few years." Barret scrubbed his index finger under his nose.

"Cast poison on my lance, as well. I have an idea, too."

Barret agreed and did as he said. Cid, then, asked him to prepare a new set of shells. As the shells left the gun, Cid jumped onto his arm and, using that force as propulsion, he leapt in te air, landing on the dragon's torso. He pierced his lance and dragged it down its spine paralyzing it and increasing its poisoning percentage.

The monster fell hard on the ground, unable to move and soon, succumbed to the poison.

The two men high-fived celebrating their win.

"Wait, what about that guy who was with the dragon?"

The man had run away as the battle unfolded.

When Cissnei returned to the hall, Genesis was still standing there but now, looking out the window.

"Cissnei, do you think monsters have the right to dream...?"

The girl approached him and gently hugged him from behind.

"You are not a monster."

His eyes widened and his heart began beating faster. Why? Was it because of her warmth or because of the sentence she vocalized? Maybe... Both?

He pushed her away.

"Don't get too close to me."

"Why? You can trust me. Don't leave me behind."

"I'm not shutting you out. I'm... Protecting you." He stated while looking at her over his shoulder.

Obs: Concerning the mako reactor placed in Gongaga, if you got Titan when you played the game, you know what I wrote isn't entirely accurate. I adjusted the story a little bit so it would make sense as to why the Summon was still being kept there; The dragon I used in this chapter exists in the game, as well. It's the Blue Dragon who appears in the Gaea's Cliff and in the Battle Square in Gold Saucer, after you acquire Highwind.